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Interior Integration for Catholics — 185 episodes
185 What Is Flourishing? Defining the Good Marriage and the Good Family
184 Assessing the Catholicity of Internal Family Systems
183 Can Catholics Become Gods? Straight Talk from Mother Natalia
182 The Wonder of the Neglected Gift of Deification (with Parts!) with Dr. Matthew Tsakanikas
181 Roundtable Discussion: Catholic Philosophers and Therapists Take On the Tough Questions about IFS and Catholicism
180 Right and Wrong: Conscience and Catholic Parts Work
179 Parts, Subjectivity, Values, and Morals
178 Q&A on Ordered Self-Love, your Body, Parts Work and Catholicism
177 Christopher West on IFS and TOB – A Powerful Combo for Sexual Healing
176 The Catholic Catechism Guides Our Parts Work
175 IFS, Parts Work, Vatican II, and Your Conscience
174 Richard Schwartz and IFS Meet St. Thomas Aquinas
173 Aristotle and Aquinas on Proper Self-Love
172 Questions About Catholicism and Parts Work Answered
171 Know Thyself, Love Thyself, Govern Thyself: Socrates and Plato Discuss Parts Work
170 St. Bonaventure Anticipates Catholic Parts Work
169 St. Maximus the Confessor and Catholic Parts Work
168 Restless Hearts: St. Augustine and Catholic Parts Work
167 Early Church Fathers and Catholic Parts Work
166 Can IFS and Parts Work Be Catholic? Listening to Scripture
165 Your Questions About IFS and Catholicism Answered
164 What are Internal Systems in Catholic Parts Work?
163 You Are One and Many: Unity, Multiplicity, and Internal Systems
162 Your Body and Your Parts
161 Integrity: That You Be One Inside
160 Your Parts Have These Six Attachment Needs
159 Who Are My Parts and Why Do They Battle Within Me?
158 Who is Your Inmost Self?
157 Overview of Internal Family Systems -- Catholic Style
156 Attachment, Love, God, and Parts: Q&A with Dr. Peter Martin
155 You Evangelizing You – “Internal Evangelization”
154 Attachment and Learning How to Love with Dr. Peter Martin
153 The ARRR Prayer and Integrated Human Formation with Fr. John Horn
152 Internal Family Systems Demonstrations Part II with Marion Moreland
151 Catholic Parts Work: IFS Demonstrations with Dr. Peter
150 Money, Personal Formation, and WalletWin Coaching
149 The Integration of Personal Formation in NET Ministries with Pete Burds
148 The Integration of Personal Formation at Franciscan University
147 Exodus 90: The Integration of Personal Formation with Dr. Jared Staudt
146 Restored: Personal Formation for Teen and Young Adult Children of Divorce with Joey Pontarelli
145 Dr. Edward Sri on Personal Formation and FOCUS
144 Jason Evert, Chastity.com, and the Integration of Formation
143 Fr. Mike Schmitz, Sr. Josephine Garrett, and Archbishop Cordileone on Personal Formation
142 Your Story and Your Personal Formation
141 Integrated Personal Formation at the 2024 National Eucharistic Congress
140 Your Personal Formation: Experiential Exercises and Q&A
139 Personal Formation with Dr. Bob Schuchts
138 Personal Formation with Jake Khym: Restore the Glory and Life Restoration
137 Live Q&A with Fr. Boniface Hicks on Spiritual Direction and Personal Formation
136 Spiritual Direction and Personal Formation with Fr. Boniface Hicks
135 The Tree of Catholic Personal Formation: An Integrative Model
134 Looking at Integrated Personal Formation Through a Mathematical Lens
133 Models of Integrated Personal Formation -- Catholic Style, with Matthew Walz, Ph.D.
132 Live Q&A with Dr. Gerry on his Book, "Litanies of the Heart"
131 On God's Role in your Human Formation
130 Grounding IFS in Catholicism-- Litanies of the Heart by Dr. Gerry Crete
129 Relating Well with "Borderline" Family Members with Dr. Gerry Crete
128 Recovering from "Borderline Personality" with IFS
127 Understanding "borderline personalities" through Internal Family Systems
126 Borderline "personalities": Your questions answered by Dr. Greg Bottaro
125 "Borderline personality" according to the conventional secular experts
124 Your parts, IFS, and war: An experiential exercise
123 Relating Well with Narcissistic Family Members with Dr. Gerry Crete
122 Narcissism and Gaslighting: What Catholics Should Know
121 Connecting with your own narcissistic parts: experiential exercise
120 Understanding Narcissism More Deeply with IFS
119 Narcissism: Q & A with Dr. Peter Martin
118 Narcissism: Who, What, Why, and How? The Secular Experts Share their Views
117 Discover the Parts Who Make Up Your "Personality"
116 Why a Single Personality is not Enough
115 Unburdening in Internal Family Systems -- A Catholic Discussion
114 Lifting Sexual Burdens: An IFS demonstration with Drew Boa
113 A Demonstration of IFS and Your Questions about Anger
112 Assuaging Raging Hearts and Parts: Managing Anger with IFS
111 Approaching my Anger from the Other Side: Experiential Exercise
110 Being with Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane – Experiential Exercise
109 Jesus' Psychological Agony in the Garden
108 Giving up the Idols We Hate -- Experiential Exercise
107 How to Work Through your Anger at God
106 God in the Hands of Angry Sinners -- Experiential Exercise
105 How You Hide from your Anger at God
104 Connecting with your Angry Parts -- Experiential Exercise
103 Your Anger, Your Body and You
102 Helping your Parts Get the Love they Need: Experiential Exercise
101 A Story about Receiving Love
100 Embracing God's Love for Me: Experiential Exercise
99 Why We Catholics Reject God's Love for Us and How to Embrace that Love
98 Self-Love: What Catholics Need to Know
97 Unlove of Self: How Trauma Predisposes You to Self-Hatred and Indifference
96 I Am a Rock: How Trauma Hardens us Against Being Loved
95 Trauma's Devastating Impact on our Capacity to Love
94 The Primacy of Love
93 Three Inner Experiential Exercises
92 Understanding and Healing your Mind through IPNB
91 Special Episode: The Litanies of the Heart with Dr. Gerry Crete
90 Your Well-Being: The Secular Experts Speak
89 Your Trauma, Your Body: Protection vs. Connection
88 Trauma: Defining and Understanding the Experience
87 Scrupulosity: When OCD Gets Religion
86 Obsessions, Compulsions, OCD and Internal Family Systems
85 Perfectionism: Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How
84 The Who, What, Where, When, Why and How of the IIC Podcast
83 The Internal Dance of Healthy Grief
82 The Many Faces of Grief Inside Us
81 Grieving is the Price We Pay for Loving
80 How to Help a Loved One Who is Suicidal
79 Suicide's Devastating Impact on Those Left Behind
78 The Desperate Inner Experience of Suicidality
77 Suicide in Sacred Scripture
76 The Darkness of Suicide -- What Do the Secular Experts Say?
75 The Blue and the Orange: Reconsidering Depression and Mania Through the Lens of Parts
74 Internal Chaos and Blending vs. Internal Peace and Integration
73 Is Internal Family Systems Really Catholic?
72 What Keeps You from Loving? Is it Really Only Your Vices? (Spoiler Alert: No!)
71 A New and Better Way of Understanding Myself and Others
70 Catholic Sex and the Four Pillars -- and the Dos and Don'ts of Sharing about your Sexual Life
69 Good and Bad Sex in Catholic Marriages: What are the Moral Limits?
68 Improving Sexual Intimacy in Catholic Marriages
67 Catholic and UnCatholic Sex in Catholic Marriages
66 Acceptance vs. Endorsement: A Critical Difference in Catholic Marriages
65 Why Catholic Spouses Find it Hard to Empathize with Each Other, Especially about Sex -- with Solutions.
64 Subtle Ways Catholics Cheat on their Spouses: How and Why
63 Human Formation: The Critical Missing Element
62 Unmet Attachment Needs and Unmet Integrity Needs
61 Fractured, Fragmented Sex in Catholic Marriages
60 How Well Do You Really Know Your Spouse?
59 Mystery, Covenant, Vocation, and Being "Submissive" in the Marriage Bed
58 The Catholic Marriage Bed
57 The One Main Psychological Reason Why Catholic Marriages Fail
56 What is Essential for Catholics to Recover from Porn?
55 Why Catholics Use Pornography
54 Masturbation Recovery Stories
53 Breaking Free from Masturbation, Part 2
52 Breaking Free from Masturbation, Part 1
51 The Top 10 Reasons Why Catholic Men Masturbate
50 In Search of a Healthy, Ordered Sexuality
49 The Secret Impact of our Shame on our Sexuality
48 Shame and Repentance: St. Dismas
47 Shame and Redemption: St. Peter and You
46 Shame and Tragedy: Judas Iscariot and You
45 How Shame Leads Us to Idolatry
44 Rape, Incest, Shame, and Silence: A True Story Reexamined, Part 3
43 Rape, Incest, Shame, and Silence: A True Story Reexamined, Part 2
42 Practicing Deep Listening: Understanding King David's Shame
41 Rewind: Trauma and Shame in King David's Childhood
40 Rape, Incest, Shame, and Silence: A True Story Reexamined, Part 1
39 The Real, Radical, and Resounding Differences Between Shame and Guilt
38 Seeing the Signs of Shame in Yourself and Others
37 The Silent Killer Who Stalks You from Inside
36 Why We Flee From Real Love
35 Being Both Big and Small -- September 28, 2020
34 Radical Receptivity -- September 21, 2020
33 Being Open and Coping Well -- September 14, 2020
32 Trauma, Trust, Treatment and Truth -- September 7, 2020
31 The One Essential You Must Have to Be Resilient -- August 31, 2020
30 How Small and Childlike are We Supposed to Be?
29 Magic Genie Gods and Party-Pooper Gods -- August 17, 2020
28 Police Detective Gods, Pushy Salesman Gods, and Heartbreaker Gods – August 10, 2020
27 Robber Gods, Aristocrat Gods and Marshmallow Gods -- August 3, 2020
26 Dictator Gods, Pharisee Gods, and Scrooge Gods – July 27, 2020
25 Drill Sergeant Gods, Statue Gods, and Preoccupied Manager Gods, Oh My… July 20, 2020
24 God Images and Self Images
23 Sinning, God Images and Resilience
22 The Core of Catholic Resilience
21 How Secular Experts Get Resilience Wrong
20 Ten Factors of Resilience
19 Healing from Losses, Healing with Grief
18 Grief vs. Depression
17 Loss, Grief, Mourning and Resilience – How do They Go Together?
16 Who Am I, Really? Identity and Resiliency
15 The Main Sign of Psychological Health
14 Soulset: The core of us
13 Bodyset: Loving and Reverencing Our Bodies – With Dr. Andrew Sodergren
12 Bodyset: Accepting our Bodies – with Dr. Andrew Sodergren
11 JR’s Story: What Happens When You Listen to Your Body
10 Your Catholic Body and Crisis: Bodyset
9 The Flip Side of the Huge Mistake We Make with our Emotions in a Crisis
8 The Chasm Between Psychology and Catholicism
7 The Huge Mistake We Make with our Emotions in a Crisis
6 A Call To Arms: Rise Up, Red-Blooded Catholics
5 Your Catholic Mindset and Resilience in Crisis
4 The Four Pillars of Psychological Resilience for Catholics
3 Grief Over the Loss of the Eucharist
2 Our Stress Responses: Discovering, Understanding and Improving Them
1 Our Natural Fear of Death is a Gift